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A New Voyage Vol. II.
1 This Man puts me in mind of Dr. Molinos, of
whom you desire me to send you some certain
News, which ’tis impossible for me to do. ’Tis
true, I have seen those PropOsitions that are either
heretical, or pretended to be so, of which he is
said to be the Author; nor wou’d it be very diffi-
cult to obtain a Copy of his Accusation; but all
this signifies nothing. I must hear Molinos himself
before I can judge of the merit of his Cause:
for, ’tis certain, that all the Accounts that we
have of him are guilty either of Aggravation or
Alleviation. Of these Propositions which I men-
tion’d, some are dangerous, several are ambigu-
ous, many indifferent, and others very reasona-
ble and orthodox. However, I can assure you,
that his Reputation is generally very bad in this
place: He is efteem’d a Villain, a lewd Fellow,
and a Seducer, who has so cunningly insinuated
himself into Nunneries by his Cant of Insensibility,
Ecsiaste, Sec. that a great number of these poor
Creatures have been deluded by him. They re-
late a thousand Stories to confirm the Opinion they
have of him, but I must tell you once more that
they are of doubtful Credit. We may easily per-
ceive that ’tis their Interest to blacken the Chara-
ster of that unhappy Man, and to load him with
Reproaches, since they have condemn’d him in so
ignominious a manner to pass the rest of his days
in a Cell. Besides, I observ’d, that even his bitte-
rest Enemies are wont to make a distinstion be-
tween him and his Followers. Molinos, they say,
is void of all Religion and Virtue; he is a Man
of no Principles, and believes nothing at all; but
there are some well-meaning Molinists, who are
unacquainted with their Mailer’s Heart, and are
sincere Professors of that Quietism, and those other
Opinions which you have heard so often menti-.
on’d. I am, Sir, Tour &c.
Rome, March 30.1688, LET-
A New Voyage Vol. II.
1 This Man puts me in mind of Dr. Molinos, of
whom you desire me to send you some certain
News, which ’tis impossible for me to do. ’Tis
true, I have seen those PropOsitions that are either
heretical, or pretended to be so, of which he is
said to be the Author; nor wou’d it be very diffi-
cult to obtain a Copy of his Accusation; but all
this signifies nothing. I must hear Molinos himself
before I can judge of the merit of his Cause:
for, ’tis certain, that all the Accounts that we
have of him are guilty either of Aggravation or
Alleviation. Of these Propositions which I men-
tion’d, some are dangerous, several are ambigu-
ous, many indifferent, and others very reasona-
ble and orthodox. However, I can assure you,
that his Reputation is generally very bad in this
place: He is efteem’d a Villain, a lewd Fellow,
and a Seducer, who has so cunningly insinuated
himself into Nunneries by his Cant of Insensibility,
Ecsiaste, Sec. that a great number of these poor
Creatures have been deluded by him. They re-
late a thousand Stories to confirm the Opinion they
have of him, but I must tell you once more that
they are of doubtful Credit. We may easily per-
ceive that ’tis their Interest to blacken the Chara-
ster of that unhappy Man, and to load him with
Reproaches, since they have condemn’d him in so
ignominious a manner to pass the rest of his days
in a Cell. Besides, I observ’d, that even his bitte-
rest Enemies are wont to make a distinstion be-
tween him and his Followers. Molinos, they say,
is void of all Religion and Virtue; he is a Man
of no Principles, and believes nothing at all; but
there are some well-meaning Molinists, who are
unacquainted with their Mailer’s Heart, and are
sincere Professors of that Quietism, and those other
Opinions which you have heard so often menti-.
on’d. I am, Sir, Tour &c.
Rome, March 30.1688, LET-